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Vapor Trails by Joshua Dalzelle
12 ratingsHe was a rogue element, disobeying orders and pursuing mission goals of his own. His Scout Team had been burned, disavowed by his chain of command and the owner of the stolen ship he was flying was after them to get it back. To make matters even more complicated, the man Jacob had stolen the ship from is an infamous outlaw and mercenary named Jason Burke… his father...Categorized as:
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To Hell and Back by Joshua Dalzelle
12 ratingsA new killer is cutting a bloody swath through the frontier worlds.Rumors of its exploits are spreading and, like a ghost, nobody even knows what it looks like.Captain Jason Burke and his crew watch this growing menace with a mix of unease… and guilt. They know who this killer is. He used to be one of them.Seven, as he now called himself, is their former crewmate... -
The Pandora Paradox by Joshua Dalzelle
12 ratingsIt started with a revolution nobody had even realized occurred…Its cruelty sparked a rebellion that everyone refused to admit existed…Now, the Machine—a terrifying and relentless enemy—reigns supreme in the galaxy, and the real fight is just beginning...Categorized as:
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Legacy of Stars by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
12 ratingsThere are some things you simply can’t escape. For Van, it’s family.Out among the stars, his cousin, Carter Yost, drags Van and his team into a criminal ring run by the High Doctor- a dangerous con artist with delusions of grandeur. Working from the abandoned world of Pathway, the High Doctor has created a cult, stealing a fortune from the fearful, sick, and scared...Categorized as:
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Red Bounty by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
14 ratingsVan left his old life behind, but some things remain the same.Even in space, crime still exists.After taking a Peacemaker job to find missing fuel, Perry finds something far more sinister than simple theft—a voice, crying out in a forge of heat and flame, and the discovery reveals a series of acts so vicious that nothing short of revenge will suffice...Categorized as:
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Blue Shift by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
10 ratingsWhen Van gains rank as a Peacemaker, he becomes a bigger target for the criminals scattered among the stars.And he wouldn’t have it any other way.On a distant world under an alien sun, hunters and their companions—the Rovan—bond in a ritual as old as their civilization. But one of the hunters is missing, and Van, along with his growing crew, knows where to look...Categorized as:
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No Quarter by Joshua Dalzelle
10 ratingsHumanity is fractured and on the brink of war…The United Terran Federation and the Eastern Star Alliance have been fighting in minor skirmishes along the border region for the last few years, but now it threatens to break out into a full-on war with the victor assuming control of all human space... -
Junkyard Raiders by Jamie McFarlane
10 ratingsDumped on a backwater planet, heroic old vets will risk everything to take a stand against vicious alien invaders.On the pastoral, backwater planet of Fimil Alpha, something or someone is eradicating the tribespeople of the Gauder Plains. Back on Earth, Albert Jenkins and his crew are enjoying the short-lived fame that accompanied their last adventure...Categorized as:
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Omega Force: Unleashed by Joshua Dalzelle
10 ratingsThe ConFed has ruled the galactic quadrant for nearly two thousand years. During that time a relative peace has been kept by threat of force from their mighty fleet. But as with all things, their dominance must come to an end.Now that the ConFed is crumbling and their fleet is withdrawing back to the Core Worlds, the strong are once again preying on the weak... -
Admiral's Oath by Glynn Stewart
11 ratingsCASTLE FEDERATION RETURNSAn empire broken by hubrisAn officer raised by chanceOaths that must be honoredOaths that must be betrayedRear Admiral James Tecumseh barely survived his last mission against the Alliance of Free Stars with his reputation and life intact... -
Anvil Dark by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
12 ratingsThe guild is under attack, and Van is right in the middle of it all.When Master Yewlo is abducted by unknown forces, the Peacemakers are thrown into chaos as the rescue mission begins. Finding Yewlo will be hard, but the search reveals secrets the guild might not survive—secrets about a system so corrupt, it will take Van and his team’s best efforts to untangle the truth...Categorized as:
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Commander by Richard F. Weyand
7 ratingsTHE EMPIRE’S NEW NAVYThe Emperor Trajan is building a powerful new navy for the Sintaran Empire. Remotely piloted warships can accelerate faster than humans can withstand, and ships spend so much time in hyperspace, a single crew can man multiple ships, solving the perennial manpower problem... -
Children of Angels by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
15 ratingsThe war has only just begun.While rescuing a world from Centaur control, the Marines discover that not all humans on the planet are slaves. The Children of Angels believe their masters have been sent by the gods to lift up mankind.Humanity now has two enemies, one from the farthest reaches of the Galaxy and the other from within...Categorized as:
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Empire's Birth by D.J. Holmes
8 ratingsThe Karacknid invasion of Earth has been turned back. Yet the War of Doom has only just begun. Tens of thousands of warships are amassing along the Varanni Alliance border. In one fell swoop they threaten to strike into the heart of Alliance space, conquering and devastating everything in their wake...Categorized as:
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Imperial Command by D.J. Holmes
8 ratingsTrapped behind enemy lines, the survivors of the raid on Jaranna have been forced to flee deeper into enemy territory. Behind them Karacknid fleets gather to exact revenge. With danger at every turn, Admiral Lightfoot must find a way to get his ships home or Earth will be left defenceless.On Earth the Empire has been formed and is bringing the outlying colonies into its fold...Categorized as:
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Empire by Joshua Dalzelle
8 ratingsThe final fight for control of humanity begins now.The United Terran Federation is on the brink of collapse after a devastating attack by the Eastern Star Alliance that has left four planets depopulated and uninhabitable. Terrified member worlds are fleeing from the Federation and the remnant of their once-mighty fleet has retreated to the last place they are welcome: Earth... -
Drifter's Folly by Glynn Stewart
9 ratingsAn enemy on the run to neutral spaceAn elite squadron beyond the reach of any backupA secret deal that could doom the whole sector…When United Planets Alliance Captain Henry Wong and Ambassador Sylvia Todorovich attempted to bring peace to the Ra Sector, they turned to the Drifters for neutral ground. Instead, the nomadic spacers betrayed the summit and attempted to kill everyone there...Categorized as:
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Judgment Day by Rick Partlow
10 ratingsWe’ve won a battle…but we’re losing the war.Travis Miller, his image reformed from the moron who screwed up our first contact with aliens to one of the heroes of the Battle for Eden, is given a new assignment: retake the occupied colony of Brigantia. Losing it would be a glancing blow to the Tahni Imperium, but it would Earth’s first solid strike against them, a chance to go on the offensive...Categorized as:
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Return Fire by Rick Partlow
10 ratingsEarth is in turmoil.The enemy is bearing down on us with every warship they have, and our only allies are in chaos.Our one hope for survival is Andy Clanton - a hack science fiction writer trying to convince some aliens that humans are worth saving.It’s an uphill battle, because to the aliens, we are the monsters...Categorized as:
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Acheron Inheritance by Ken Lozito
10 ratingsFirst, the Federation Wars toppled the galactic order.On a dying world along the galactic fringe, Quinton Aldren awakens in the body of an archaic android that’s barely operational. He has only vague memories of who he was and no idea what has happened...Categorized as:
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The Colossus by Jay Allan
10 ratingsThe Hegemony strikes again… The Confederation and its allies have won their first victory, retaken their capital from he forces of the Hegemony. But the enemy is not beaten, far from it, and they are back, with an unstoppable weapon, a vast superbattleship, a deadly hybrid of imperial and Hegemony technology, called the Colossus...Categorized as:
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The Grand Conspiracy by J.N. Chaney, Terry Mixon
10 ratingsKeep your friends close.After successfully striking back at the alien invaders, Commodore Jack Romanoff and his crew have liberated the cluster capital at Argent. For the first time, it seems like they might be getting their feet back underneath them.Keep your enemies closer...Categorized as:
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The Others by Jay Allan
12 ratingsFrom the deepest darks of unknown space, evil comes… Admiral Tyler Barron and the Confederation navy face a new threat, darker and deadlier than any that have come before...Categorized as:
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Battleground by Joshua Dalzelle
12 ratingsThis war was inevitable.After two brutal, bloody struggles for their very existence against implacable alien foes, humanity is victorious, but not at peace.As distrust and accusations consume the political discourse between the two major factions, the Eastern Star Alliance military has already begun executing small raiding missions into United Terran Federation space...Categorized as:
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Into the War by James Rosone
12 ratingsHumanity stumbles into a galactic war……a war of survival, a conflict with no endEarth has united under the banner of the Republic. Humanities brightest minds have deciphered the secrets to the alien technology and begin to reverse engineer it. An elder race takes notice of humanities strides and intervenes...Categorized as:
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Earth Ascendant by Raymond L. Weil
12 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Raymond L. Weil comes the second book in a new military science fiction series.The war between the seven alien races of the Confederation and Earth heats up as the two come into direct conflict over the former Human Empire. The people or Earth are determined to free it, and the Confederation is determined to keep it under their strict control...Categorized as:
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Into the Battle by James Rosone
14 ratingsMankind has awakened a monster……Humanity must put aside its own animosities……or face extinctionThe origins of human history begin to unravel as Earth learns they are not the only humans in the galaxy. The sudden discovery of humans living on multiple planets beyond Earth has created more questions than it’s answered... -
Star Force: Whitmore Day by Aer-ki Jyr
6 ratingsA pivotal moment in Star Force history occurs, but far more than the public will ever know about...Categorized as:
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Empire's Gambit by D.J. Holmes
6 ratingsThe Karacknid assault on Earth has been turned back at great cost to both sides. Only the intervention of the Kulreans saved Humanity’s homeworld from certain destruction. Yet the Kulrean worldships cannot be used for offensive operations. This means Humanity and her allies have only a few months of respite before the Karacknids can make good their losses... -
Leviathan's Fear: A Military Sci-Fi Series by Craig Martelle
6 ratingsTrapped in Ga’ee space, Leviathan runs for its life.And the lives of its crew.Declan Payne and Harry Wesson decide to go on the offensive. They have no choice.They can’t go home. It only delays the inevitable.The Ga’ee march relentlessly into the space of the seven races while turning an inward eye toward the interloper, the ship they call God1...Categorized as:
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Raven's Flag by Glynn Stewart
7 ratingsIn times of peace, alliances wither and are forgotten.In times of war, honor must reforge them in fire and steel!The United Planets Alliance fought the Kenmiri Empire with a hundred allies at their side. Bound in common cause until genocide broke the Kenmiri—and Kenmiri schemes broke the alliance in turn—those one-time allies still left deep debts of blood and friendship behind...Categorized as:
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Mutineer by D.J. Holmes
8 ratingsThe Flex-aor have returned, putting in motion a chain of events that will thrust humanity into a galactic war, the scale of which no human has seen before. Banished in all but name, James’ political enemies have assigned him to the protection of humanity’s colonial frontier as a ploy to rid themselves of the hero of the Siege of Earth...Categorized as:
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A.I. Armada by Vaughn Heppner
8 ratingsYears ago, Main 54’s brain-core had to flee his exploding planet-sized warship because of the treachery of Jon Hawkins. Later, Main 54 gained special processors, a new warship—something changed in him…greater clarity of purpose and superior combat skills.He has been taking over the AI Dominion around here ever since...Categorized as:
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Drifter's Folly: 4 by Glynn Stewart
8 ratingsAn enemy on the run to neutral spaceAn elite squadron beyond the reach of any backupA secret deal that could doom the whole sector…When United Planets Alliance Captain Henry Wong and Ambassador Sylvia Todorovich attempted to bring peace to the Ra Sector, they turned to the Drifters for neutral ground. Instead, the nomadic spacers betrayed the summit and attempted to kill everyone there...Categorized as:
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Primary Targets by Rick Partlow
8 ratingsOld Marines never die... they just become Space Marines I thought the hard part of helping the Helta defeat the rampaging Tevynians would be the fighting. How wrong I was. To the Helta, we Earthers look just like the Tevynians, their mortal enemies. And convincing their government to ally with humans may be even beyond the crew of the starship James Bowie...Categorized as:
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Star Fall by M.R. Forbes
8 ratingsSERIES FINALE!!!The enemy marches on.While hope is fading, all is not lost. Grayson has information that could change the outcome of the war. He's beaten but not broken and ready to rejoin the fight.Except his failing starship is weeks away from the nearest port.Except slowing the aliens means convincing sworn enemies to join forces in a fight they cannot win...Categorized as:
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Phantom Deadfall by Christopher Hopper, J.N. Chaney
8 ratingsThe gods have been angered.Hell will rain down.After Wic and the Phantom’s successful operation on Karkin Four, the team learns of the enemy’s plans for a swift retaliation: an all-out assault on New York City.Together, Wic must rally the team’s resources to plan an emergency counterassault that will push the Phantoms to their limits... -
Star Force: Rift by Aer-ki Jyr
8 ratingsThe temporary truce between Star Force and the V'kit'no'sat sends shockwaves throughout the galaxy. No one has ever defied the V'kit'no'sat and lived, but now Star Force has and many races are taking notice...including one that no one expects, on either side... -
Star Force: Excalibur by Aer-ki Jyr
8 ratingsThe Zak'de'ron take note of the Rit'ko'sor joining Star Force, making contact and making their wishes known...but in the process they make a critical mistake that will forever alter their relationship with the trailblazers...Categorized as:
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Explorations by Raymond L. Weil
8 ratingsDisaster has struck the Human Federation of Worlds. The Eternals have finally found Earth and are preparing to destroy it and the rest of the Federation. They begin gathering a massive fleet to overwhelm and destroy all of the Human worlds...Categorized as:
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Raven's Course by Glynn Stewart
9 ratingsOld friends have turned to foesOld oaths have shatteredBut old ties still promise redemptionAmid the ruins of a fallen empire, humanity fights to secure the fates of once-enslaved worlds. Captain Henry Wong and Ambassador Sylvia Todorovich of the United Planets Alliance have mustered force and diplomacy alike to drive their former allies in the Kozun Hierarchy back from their invasion...Categorized as:
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Into the Chaos by James Rosone, T.C. Manning
10 ratingsA terrible massacre was discovered……Did the same fate befall Sumer?Captain Brian Royce brings Hadad to his home planet, which shows obvious signs of battle. Did any of his family survive?Where are all the children…did the Zodarks take them?Admiral Miles Hunt finds himself appointed to a new position beyond his current skillset...Categorized as:
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Into the Chaos by James Rosone, T.C. Manning
10 ratingsA terrible massacre was discovered……Did the same fate befall Sumer?Captain Brian Royce brings Hadad to his home planet, which shows obvious signs of battle. Did any of his family survive?Where are all the children…did the Zodarks take them?Admiral Miles Hunt finds himself appointed to a new position beyond his current skillset...Categorized as:
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The Forgotten Empire: The Confederation and The Empire at War by Raymond L. Weil, Julie Weil Thomas
10 ratingsFrom USA Today best-selling author Raymond L. Weil, and his daughter Julie, comes the fifth book in his newest military science fiction series.The war between the Human Empire and the Confederation has reached a turning point as the Humans are now poised to attack the Confederation in their own area of space. Few Humans have ever entered the Confederation and returned alive...Categorized as:
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Oblivion's Light by Raymond L. Weil
10 ratingsTwo more years have passed for the Lost Fleets trapped in the Triangulum Galaxy. It’s becoming more apparent with each passing day that the Dyson Sphere of the Simulins must be destroyed if Fleet Admiral Jeremy Strong and his people want to survive. Rear Admiral Kathryn Barnes sets out on a mission of discovery seeking allies against the Simulins...Categorized as:
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Genesis by Raymond L. Weil
10 ratingsFleet Admiral Jeremy Strong is determined to preserve the planet Gaia as the new home of the lost fleets. Unfortunately, a new and frightening danger from the destroyed Dyson Sphere threatens to undo everything he has fought for. Kazak, the AI on the Originator ship has his own agenda. The Humans and Altons will either do as he demands or he will destroy them...Categorized as:
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Star Force: Origin Series by Aer-ki Jyr
10 ratingsThe Origin Series is empire building at its finest, with 100 episodes and over 2.5 million words in the military science fiction serial detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium...Categorized as:
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Search for the Lost by Raymond L. Weil
10 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling Author Raymond L. Weil comes the second book in the Originator Wars series. The Eternals have decided to conquer Originator space. All that stands between them are the Originator AIs and the Humans, or at least that is what the Eternals believe. In preparation for the invasion, they begin gathering their massive warfleet...Categorized as:
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Genesis by Rick Partlow
12 ratingsFirst contact gone wrong...It was every starship captain’s nightmare, and for Travis Miller, it was his own personal hell. He’d done everything by the book, but when the Tahni had attacked him and his crew, there was no choice but to return fire and destroy the first alien vessel humans had ever encountered...Categorized as:
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To the Stars by Raymond L. Weil
12 ratingsIn a desperate battle, Earth has temporarily freed itself from the clutches of the deadly Trellixian Empire. Billions are dead and it's only a matter of time before the enemy return. Seeking aid against the Trellixians, two exploration ships are sent out to search the galaxy for allies. If they fail, then the Human race is doomed...Categorized as:
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